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Opinion | Navigating mental health during nursing school

By Danae Poteat, Senior Staff Columnist • October 15, 2024

When I first started nursing school, I knew I would be in for the ride of my life. I knew that nursing school would involve taking challenging classes, studying for hours on end and being put through the wringer. But what I didn’t anticipate was how this would heavily affect my mental health.

Opinion | How the Cal Golden Bears took over X and college football

By James Carter, Staff Writer • October 12, 2024

One of the side effects of college football’s ongoing wave of conference realignment has been the melding of universities and fan bases that were once completely foreign to each other. Football teams...

Opinion | Dancing to ‘those club classics’ is a form of resistance

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • October 11, 2024

This wouldn’t be the first time the LGBTQ+ community has pioneered a legendary music era, such as the current revival of recession pop, otherwise known as Brat summer. Underground gay dance clubs in the 1970s were the birthplace of the disco, house and electronic music we all love to boogie to today.

Opinion | A Spotify Daylist lookover and why I think it is a great addition to Spotify

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • October 9, 2024

Spotify Daylists might be one of my favorite features on the app, minus the Spotify Wrapped at the end of the year. It’s a feature feature where a playlist is made for you depending on what kind of music you listen to during that time of day, and it changes depending on the time of day.

Opinion | Why Pittsburgh needs a rental registry — and why we’re still waiting on one

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor • October 8, 2024

If the concept of a rental license sounds unfamiliar, it’s because they don’t exist in most parts of the country. This is the consequence of viewing housing as an investment to be bought, sold, speculated on and rented out. The issue is that it’s not right to treat housing as pure business — and I mean that as a categorical statement, not a value judgment.

Opinion | The rotten seed of American individualism

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • October 8, 2024

We have for too long nurtured the rotten seed of American individualism, and its roots run far too deep and its fruit has grown too bitter. Far too many people seemed to have embraced a philosophy hell-bent on placing personal freedom above the welfare of others. Compassion and kindness have withered as a response.

Opinion | A gossip’s guide

By Tessa Powers, Staff Columnist • October 7, 2024

I’m here to say that I love to gossip, and you should too.

Editorial | Melania Trump gets a choice on abortion, but her husband doesn’t want the same for Americans

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 7, 2024

If Donald Trump truly believes in freedom, if he holds the same values for the American public that he does for his wife’s memoir, he would not celebrate the death of Roe v. Wade. Reproductive healthcare represents the freedom to choose what to do, the freedom to have agency over one’s own body.

Opinion | The vice presidential debate: How did the running mates perform?

By Thomas Riley and Livia LaMarca • October 4, 2024

Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance faced off in the first and only vice presidential debate of 2024 on Tuesday night. For those that missed it or just don’t really care about Trump and Harris’s running mates, we’re here to give you the highlights of their performances.

Satire | Hinge hesitation and Bumble bumbles: Are they worth it?

By Alaina McCall, Senior Staff Columnist • October 4, 2024

Whether it’s Bumble, Hinge or nothing else — we’re talking dating apps here, not hooking up apps — I believe that there’s still hope for everyone to find the person they’re looking for. It just takes time.